Into the Water: A Novel

A #1 New York Times Best Seller! With the same propulsive writing and acute understanding of human instincts that captivated millions of readers around the world in her explosive debut thriller, The Girl on the Train, Paula Hawkins delivers an urgent, twisting, deeply satisfying read that hinges on the deceptiveness of emotion and memory, as well as the devastating ways that the past can reach a long arm into the present. Beware a calm surface—you never know what lies beneath.

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Published May 1, 2018

400 pages

Average rating: 6.38

279 RATINGS

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Readers say Paula Hawkins delivers a solid mystery with *Into the Water*, praised for strong character development and an engaging pace once acclimate...

Deborah Trahan
Oct 23, 2025
6/10 stars
I wanted to love Into the Water as much as I did The Girl on the Train, so I stuck with it, eventually tearing out the character list near the book’s title page for referencing, just so I could keep up with all the voices! Hawkins is such an excellent writer, and that’s the reason one keeps reading. If anything, readers are reminded by book’s end that nothing, absolutely nothing, is ever as it first appears.
CheriF
Sep 25, 2025
8/10 stars
Very enjoyable mystery. I think I liked it more than [b:The Girl on the Train|22557272|The Girl on the Train|Paula Hawkins|https:images.gr-assets.com/books/1490903702s/22557272.jpg|41107568]. I really liked the way it ended.
Acz2332
Aug 09, 2025
4/10 stars
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Lauraeintrain
Jul 17, 2025
1/10 star
For me the writing format and style were hard to read to follow and read. I stopped because it just didn’t flow. I think it could have a good story, just not a flow to the reading
Deesquared
May 12, 2025
6/10 stars
This book was tough to read... it dragged on and on. It took me an entire month to finish it.... I enjoyed “Girl on the Train” because it loved so much faster with fewer characters.

I also found it very hard to believe that Lena’s entire personality flipped in one day. I also did not entirely understand Helen and Patrick’s relationship at the end.

It was ok but I probably won’t read another of her books.

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